Leavin’s Not the Only Way to Go (1985 Original Broadway Cast) Patti Cohenour

[Huckleberry Finn]
Did the morning come too early?
Was the night not long enough?
Does a tear of hesitation fall on
Everything you touch?

Well, it might just be a lesson
For the hasty heart to know
Maybe leavin's not the only way to go

[Mary Jane Wilkes]
Maybe lay and let your feelings
Grow accustomed to the dark
And, by morning's light, you just might solve
The problems of the heart

And it all might be a lesson
For the hasty heart to know
Maybe leavin's not the only way to go

[Jim and Mary Jane]
People reach new understandings all the time
They take a second look
Maybe change their minds

[Huck, Jim, and Mary Jane]
People reach new understandings every day
Tell me not to reach